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By Staff in News on May 18, 2011 5:40PM

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  • An Ohio bishop is tapped to lead the Diocese of Joliet. [Daily Herald]

  • Fly as high as the sun: If you fly Iceland Express from O'Hare to Reykjavik starting in June, chances are your pilot may be Iron Maiden lead singer Bruce Dickinson. [Shia Kapos/Crain's]

  • A Polish restaurant in the Portage Park neighborhood was burglarized, then set on fire. [Tribune]

  • Police are investigating a reported sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman at the Howard Street "L" station this morning. [Sun-Times]

  • Northbrook-based Allstate is acquiring Esurance and Answer Financial. [Daily Herald]

  • NBC 5 does plan on filling the vacancy left by the death of sports anchor Daryl Hawks. [Feder/TOC]

  • An MRI is nothing but bad news for Cubs pitcher Andrew Cashner. [ESPN Chicago]


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